It’s Alive!

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It’s Alive (1969)

Jeff and Cheryl learn the secret to avoiding literal tourists traps is to never run out of gas in It’s Alive!

Directed by Larry Buchanan
Written by Larry Buchanan and (possibly) John Tomerlin from the story “Being” by Richard Matheson
Produced by Ross Lynch and Edwin Tobolowsky

Starring:
Tommy Kirk as Wayne Thomas
Shirley Bonne as Lesland Sterns
Billy Thurman as Greevy
Annabelle MacAdams as Bella
Corveth Ousterhouse as Norman Sterns

Produced by Azalea Pictures and released by American International Television (AITV)

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)